Cardiff-Hicks, Brianna; Lafontaine, Francine; Shaw, Kathryn - In: ILR Review 68 (2015) 3, pp. 633-665
With malls, franchise strips, and big-box retailers increasingly dotting the landscape, many are concerned that U.S. middle-class jobs in manufacturing are being replaced by minimum-wage jobs in retail. Retail jobs have spread, whereas manufacturing jobs have shrunk in number. The authors show...